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At the Jazz Band Ball
Swedish clarinetist Orange Kellin, who moved to the United States in 1966, has always been known for being quite inventive. On At the Jazz Band Ball, the program is subtitled "Radical Pop-Music from the Dawn of the Jazz Age." The title and the first few numbers will certainly keep listeners guessing. Is this a ragtime album? Does it feature the octet performing very early ensemble-oriented New Orleans jazz or is this classic jazz of the 1920s? The answer is "all of the above." While the repertoire might have been considered radical by some in the early 1920s, the interpretations are very much in the mainstream of classic jazz. There are plenty of solos but they tend to be quite concise, with...
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